Everybody mentions the famous videos and images of an injured Namath on the sidelines at Shea wearing a fur coat with the price tag on it just showing what a gaudy purchase he's made. Or even been there in person to see it and witnessing $1000 or some figure written on it I always just assumed this to be true. The coat and the tag. Clearly visible in pictures and an iconic NFL picture I just realized that was just a field pass. He never wore the coat with the tag on it. The field passt gave him permission to be on the sidelines as a player not in uniform. He just hitched it to his coat in a way that it looked like a price tag. And over the decades everybody assumed it was so to the point they imagined seeing how much it cost.
I've never heard anyone claim that it was a price tag, I can't find any mention of anyone saying that on Google (other than this thread!), and the pictures always were clear that it was a field pass.
Those aren’t even the famous image I remember when I think “Namath Fur Coat”. I think of only the full length long white fur coat. Can’t post the image from my phone. Never even heard of the price tag bs.
Right, but I couldn't find a picture of him in the full length one where there is any tag or pass at all (but check out those pants!):
That'd be one big-ass price tag Everything was bigger in the 70's - men's shirt lapels, hair length, cars, price tags...
Never heard it anywhere that it was a price tag. Why would Namath have to flaunt the relatively cheap price of a coat when he could afford so much more?